It’s been snowing, so Air Force coach Troy Calhoun must be opening spring football practice.

Staying with the schedule he began last year, Calhoun brought his team together in February. He schedules the early workouts to allow his players uninterrupted time to concentrate on academics through the spring.

But Calhoun also was eager to get started after a 6-7 season, his first losing record in six years as the Falcons’ head coach.

“We’re fired up to get going again,” Calhoun said before the first practice Thursday. “Even in January when we were working on recruiting, I was looking forward to getting back on the field, making new discoveries in terms of players who emerge. It went through my mind over and over again.”

Before starting spring practice, Calhoun had to adjust his staff after the departure of defensive line coach Ron Burton to Michigan State.Matt Weikert has moved from coaching inside linebackers to defensive linemen. Capt. John Rudzinski has moved from coaching outside linebackers to inside linebackers. Steve Russ has moved from coaching defensive backs to outside linebackers.

The focus for Calhoun and his staff will be on developing players from the freshman and sophomore classes during the 15 practice sessions that run sporadically through March 20.

“All of our positions are wide-open,” Calhoun said. “Every one of our players should be out there to pursue being a starter. We’re definitely going to look at a number of things offensively and defensively beginning with spring practice.”

At quarterback, junior-to-be Kale Pearson has the edge in experience. Pearson played a lot against Rice in the Armed Forces Bowl in relief of Connor Dietz, who has graduated.

Four assistant basketball coaches at Division I schools and a top Adidas executive were among 10 people charged Tuesday with crimes including bribery and fraud as part of a wide-ranging federal investigation into corruption in college basketball.

CenturyLink, the telecommunications company that ended its sponsorship agreement with Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall because of his protests during the national anthem last year, said it will not terminate its agreement with current client Emmanuel Sanders.